witnesses always claim to have a "bible trained conscience" yet they are really just watchtower robots who cant piss without checking with an elder or watchtower.
an elder who cuts hair was scared when i asked for a bald buzz cut since my hair was receding and grey.
he actually rang a bethel elder to see if this was okay watchtower wise!
The black head shave rule sounds a little racist,
About 15 years ago the CO said to me "have you noticed in the
magazines that (at that time) no white brothers had moustaches?"
He said that was due to the fact that people had been writing
in and complained,
Huh?
Why WHITE brothers?
I knew at that point I had again entered
the Twilight Zone
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if that's true then you can't say such and such is no longer aa jehovahs witnesses .
now i'm not very educated but is this like contradictory..
witnesses always claim to have a "bible trained conscience" yet they are really just watchtower robots who cant piss without checking with an elder or watchtower.
an elder who cuts hair was scared when i asked for a bald buzz cut since my hair was receding and grey.
he actually rang a bethel elder to see if this was okay watchtower wise!
Negative reinforcement
Revoking of privileges and the threat thereof,
Want to be removed as an MS?
Then shave off the beard!!!
No scripture given
Personal conscience? HAHAHAHAHA
I love so much not being a trained monkey anymore!!!
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the last time i spoke to my mother, who is a devout jw, she threatened me with typical jw scare tactics telling me how oh so close the end is and how me and my 2 young daughters will be slaughtered by god himself in armageddon.
knowing that this is just a scare tactic, i respectfully listened, then replied that the jw's have wrongfully predicted the end of the world three times and were incorrect, 1914, 1925, 1975. i asked doesn't that make them false prophets?
her response; " no, because the brothers are imperfect and jehovah knew their heart was in a sincere place.
the last time i spoke to my mother, who is a devout jw, she threatened me with typical jw scare tactics telling me how oh so close the end is and how me and my 2 young daughters will be slaughtered by god himself in armageddon.
knowing that this is just a scare tactic, i respectfully listened, then replied that the jw's have wrongfully predicted the end of the world three times and were incorrect, 1914, 1925, 1975. i asked doesn't that make them false prophets?
her response; " no, because the brothers are imperfect and jehovah knew their heart was in a sincere place.
Well Moses did actually say NOT TO LISTEN TO FALSE PROPHETS, but my experience is that there is truly nothing that you might say that would get through, she's totally indoctrinated IN A CULT, my whole family is so I empathize :(
you guys do know that if you just leave and never go back you wont be disfellowshiped right?
i know people who have done exactly this.
you have to commit a sin and you or someone else has to tell a elder.
Or you live in a small community and can be observed,
Then you're screwed,
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if that's true then you can't say such and such is no longer aa jehovahs witnesses .
now i'm not very educated but is this like contradictory..
What if one becomes an Atheist,
Wouldn't such a a dedication be null,
In the mind of an Atheist this entity does nor exist,
A slave bound to a master,
And the slave says Where am I to receive my instructions I see no one!"
This is absurd
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if that's true then you can't say such and such is no longer aa jehovahs witnesses .
now i'm not very educated but is this like contradictory..
Re: sir82
I made sure mine had a lawyer,
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if that's true then you can't say such and such is no longer aa jehovahs witnesses .
now i'm not very educated but is this like contradictory..
What if a Kingdom Hall is dedicated to Jehovah,
Can it be sold and then of course be used for something else, let's say a brothel?
Maybe it can never be sold then,
:)
some facts that make the difference between you and me:.
1 - as a person raised by non jw family, my parents have never loved me based on conditions set out by a group of old men who they don't even know.
how does it feel to know that you are in the unique situation where your parents brought you into the world and said 'i'll show love to you.
You're attacking my parents here,
Please stop,
Thank you,
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